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World Service,30 Jan 2021,53 mins

Author and poet Ben Okri

The Arts Hour

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Scottish director Kevin MacDonald tells us about his latest films, Life In A Day 2020 and The Mauritanian American novelist Raven Leilani explains the difficulties of getting the right title for her debut Luster British actor Paul Bettany, star of WandaVision, on how things have shifted for him in the Marvel Cinematic Universe We hear from poet Amanda Gorman, whose recital at Joe Biden’s inauguration wowed the world Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani looks at taboos and traditions in her movie Adam Kenyan musician Muthoni Drummer Queen explains how the Covid 19 pandemic affected her relationship with music And joining Nikki Bedi is essayist, critic, and broadcaster Bilal Qureshi and author and poet Ben Okri, who’ll also be talking about his latest collection of poetry A Fire in My Head. (Photo: Ben Okri. Credit: David Levenson/Getty Images)

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